The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 25, 1918, Image 4
Published Wednesday and Saturday
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SUMTKR, S. C.
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The Sumter Watchman was found
4* in 1850 and the True Southron u
is$6. The Watchman and Sou thru
now has the combined circulation an
?ifluence of' both of the old paper:
and is manifestly the best advertise
medium in Sumter.
Paxv?le Items,
i -
Paxville, L Sept. 20.?Misses Leatha
and Nah Edwards; of Mullins, have
returned after a brief visit at the
home of Mrs. S. E. Curtis. Miss
Leatha,. a former principal of thv
graded school has accepted a simiJa: i
position' in the Turbeville grade?j
school.
Mrs. H. S. Boyd has returned to j
her home at Lamar after a visit to
relatives here.
Misses Pearl Broadway and Iv:
treddings left this week to resume
* their .studies -at Winthrop College.
Miss Broadway is a member of thz
senior class. ...
The trustees have announced the
opening of the Paxville graded schoo'
for the morning- of September 30th j
They desire the attendance of all pu-j
pils, and the ^presence of every par- [
ent of the school on the opening day. j
Miss Ethel Corbett, a Winthrop grad
uate of several years experience wili
fill the pt^ncipalship. Her assistant
are-Misses Leila Brown, of Kershaw.
Eunice Hoggins, of Hcmmingway,
and Miss Jessie. Curtis of this place
vsiii. have charge of some classes of
lower grades as a supply.
I- Rev. A. S. Lesley, of the Methodist
Church, is holding a series of service
here this week. He is being1 assist
ed by the Rev. W. G. Elweil. and hi->J
singer. Mr. Gibbons, from New 2ior.
Miss LUcile Geddings left Monda '
to attend the Sumter graded school,
"^he is With Mrs. *Elma Tisdale,- or
N.. Main St.
Mrs. Robert Barwick left Tuesday
for Charlotte to be with her husband
who is stationed at Camp Greene.
The ladies of the Paxvile Red Cross
have placed \ dry goods box at the
ginnery of MrJ-T, R. Owen to receive
donations of a pound of lint cotton [
from those who are willing to donate
this from their cotton being ginned.
The buyers have'agreed to give their
samples.
.'.Mr. Romie Eaden near here ha
/pnsented for"the' same procedure ai
his. ginnery. ;They, hope to realize a
neat sum wTien this cotton is sold, v
Mr. H. Cain: moved his family,to.
erton last week. Their residenc
will be occupied by Mr. L. Wein
berg. ^
A -Letter From France.
France, August 4, 191S.
My Dear Sol:
Your letter of July 7th received a
few days ago. It was more than ap
preciated.. I thank you sincerely for j
your many words of cheer and com
fort It is hard for you in the States
to fully appreciate the value of letters
of this kind to the American soldier
in France. They are like water t ?
a thirsty soul, or food to a hungry
mouth.. I read and reread your let
ter several times, and as each word
penetrated my brain, my spirits rose
momentarily, and I thought that the
dangers and horrors of modern war
fare were well worth enduring for the
sake of such praise and gratitude.
? I am still in the same capacity as
when writing you before. The only
change I note is the increase in work.
From early morning until late at
night we o>lug away at our desks, and
it seems that work accumulates fas
ter than we can get it out to save ou
lives. You can just imagine the vol
ume of work there is to be don?
handling the records of over a mil ?
lion men. There are over a thousand"!
girls and men now working in the- j
office with prospects of adding that
many more soon. It may be " the.
soon all the men will be ousted an "
girl3 take their places.
By the way isn't this drive of the
allies great? Today's papers giv
better news than auy.yet received, li
seems that our troops are victorious!;,
marching on with the Huns unable to
stem the tide. God grant that it wil*
continue, and Germany soon be beat
en to her knees. I suppose th
Kaiser now realizes that the Ameri
can army is no myth. Our force - j
have met and beaten the Fourti.
Prussian Guards, considered the best
troops Germany has in the field. This
bodes iP for the Kaiser's future. I
they have been beaten in the early
stages of the game, you can jusr
draw conclusions as to what's in st?re
for them later.
T>id you receive my other letter'.'!
Was mailed several weeks ago.
How is business now? Good I hope, i
You should reap a harvest this season j
This will no doubt bo the banne j
year of them all. on the battlefield j
and in business.
i Well Sol. owing to military neces- j
sity, must bring this letter to a close j
Will write again soon. Do not wait
to hear from me before writing. Re-,
member that my circumstances are
not always favorable for writing let
ters.. Sometimes it is necessar* tc
steal a few mtinutes of the govern
ment's valuable time to pen a few |
lines. Maybe later, even that cannot ?
be done. So just continue to write!
whether you hear from. me or not j
Your letters are appreciate ! morej
than I can say.
Kind regards and love to all the j
"elks in Sumter. I remain as ever, j
yours. Harry L. *
Private ITarry Levinson, Co. D..
Hdqrs. B. N n. & P. O. 717. Amer
ican E. F. France.
Mr. Bf-n IT. IIa<win has returnoa
home from the St. Elizabeth* Hos
pital, Richmond, Va.
j TO PREVENT LOSS OF POTATOES.
: Government Has Mode? Storage House
j ?Agent to Advise and Assist Far:n
i ers in Storing Product Safely. -
Columbia, Sept. 20.?For the pur
pose of instructing producers of sweet
potatoes as to the best method of
housing tnem so as to prevent decay
during the winter months, the bureau
of markets, United States department
of agriculture, now has men in the
field whose duty it is to assist in stor
jing the crop in such a way as to pre
j vent lors.
J Fred L. Harkey, assistant in mar
, Acting fruits and vegetables, bureau
of markets, was in Columbia yester
day and talked interestingly of the
plans of the government for the as
sistance of farmers in storing their
I sweet potato crop.
Fifty per cent of the sweet potato
crop in the country is lost. In South
Carolina So per cent, of the crop k;
lost. Most of this loss is caused by
bad handling and improper storage
for the winter.
Mr. Harkey says that the govern
ment has a model potato house. Po
tatoes storedvin it will keep. He will1
J be glad to furnish blue prints of th: j
potato house to any farmer free. Not i
only will they be furnished free, j
but any inquiries having to do with j
the crop ar.d its storage will be wel
comed and answered as fully as pos
able.
The potato house plans are foi
aouses of different capacities, ranging
all th-e way from a house that wilt ac
commodate 500 bushels of potatois t
\ house that has a capacity of 15,00V
burhels. The total cost of these build
inej? ranges from $200 to $300.
Mr. Harkey will have his headquar
ters at Clemso.i College, and all in -1
quiries should be addressed to him a j
that institution. He is prepared ta j
give valuable information, and wt?,?;:
assist in every way possible in the J
plans to save potatoes. With food
stuffs mounting in price daily, ever
potato saved from rot will be s
much money to the farmer. ?
Northern markets have not bee:"
enthusiastic over the Southern potat
to any great extent. In recent year
the sweet potato has made same in
roads into Northern markets and it is
steadily growing in favor. The juicy
yams are popular throughout tho;
South and will be more and mor
used as their value comes to be ap
?preefttTfed.
In this,State there is now establish
ed a factory Which turns out sweet
potato flour. There is also manufac
tured a sweet potato flake that is very
similar in appearance to the corn flake
Dried potatoes, o fa rich ?yellow ar j
also being handled, The popularit j
of the. sweet potato as an a~t;cle o j
human food is in its infancy, ad it i
growing rapidly.
.Difficulty in /keeping potatoes
through the winter has been met by
almost every farmer in the State, an'' ;>
the effort of the government U ~v. |
down the loss caused by imprope
storage, will be welcomed.
Mr. Hawkey will be in this State
until after the sweet potato crop i
gathered and stored, and may be; ad
dressed at --'Ciemson" College^ ~~ ~N/S*
charge is attached to his services r
the farmers of the State.
Boy Scouts ar.d the Liberty Loan.
The following letter explanatory o
the part which the Boy Scouts, as an
organization; will take in the coming
Liberty Loan drive, has been given
out for publication by Mrs. F.
Munsell, State chairman of the Wo
man's National Liberty Loan Com
?;:ittee.
J. R. Reynolds,v
County Publicity Chairman
Mrs. P. S. Munsell. 17 Arcade Bldg
Columbia. S. C.
Mr. Dear Mrs. Munsell: The Bo;
Scout organizatior has made arrange
ments with the Liberty Loan organ
ization that they will not work dut
ing this loan as a national body, bu i
will place themselves under the di |
rection of the local committees. Th |
treasury department is very much op j
posed to the use of children eithe j
boys or girls in bond selling. Th- I
Boy Scouts organization is therefor
registered for service, of whateve
kind the local committee designates.
Mary Synon, Treasure
A typewriter that produces ordi !
nary manuscript and that written i; j
ciailie embossed characters at th i
same time has. been invented by a j
Frenchman.-who was blind for a time j
ARE YCU NERVOUS?
Maybe There is a Cause For it Thai J
You Can Correct.
Many who suffer from backache j
and weak kidneys are unnaturally ir j
ritable. frctfui and nervous. Not on!.
does constant backache "get on th. j
nerves," but bad kidneys fail to elhn-1
intite all the uric acid from the sys- j
tern, and uric acid irritates the nerves J
keeping one "onedge," and causing i
rheumatic, neuralgic pains. When
suffering so, try Loan's Kidney Pills; j
the medicine so well recommended J
by Sumter people. Read tftis Sum
ter resident's statement:
Mrs. A. D .Owens. 204 S. Council
St., Sumter, says: "About eight years!
i
ago I was down in bed with kidney;
trouble and my back felt as if it wer-: j
broken. I had headaches and dizzy
spells, so had, I simply can't tell how
i felt! 1 was nervous, too and thv
slightest excitement would upset me
I felt languid and wanted to sleep
most of the time, but couldn't, on ac
count of the pains. Finally I used
Loan's Kidney Pills and it wasn't
long before I was out of bed and
?ured of all ihe trouble."
Trice CC'c. at all dealers. Don"'
?.i:. j)l\ ;..<k "or ?'? kidney remedy?k^:
lean's Kioney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Owens had. Foster-Mil burn Co..
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?Advt. (58)
REV. F. C. HICKSOX COZVvTCTED.
Gaffney Minister Held for jpisloya*
?Utterances?Tried at Kock Hill.
J Kock Hill, Sept. 20.?The Rev. F
; C. Hickson, well known minister of
Gaffncy. on trial in federal court here;
since Thursday morning: on the charge ?
j of violating: the espionage act, was
[ convicted this afternoon on two .of
j the seven counts of the indictment.
I cf "intent to interfere with,the oper- j
j ation and success of the military and i
1 naval forces of the United States" \
and "to prorate the success of the;
enemies of the United States." Satur- i
day morning Judge Charles A. Woods, j
of the circuit court of appeal, presid- '
ng in the absence of Judge Joseph |
T. Johnson, will hear arguments of i
counsel for the defense for a new,
trial.
The case of the United . States
against the Rev. F. C. Hickson was
called at 10 o'clock Thursday morn
a~ .-.net overshadowed in public inter
est any other case docketed for trial
at the present ,term of court. Evidence
was brought out in the trial that Mr.
Hickson had lived in Gaffpey for 25
or 30 years and that prior to that
time he was.a misionary to .China;
hat for several years during his res
idence in Gaffney he had been
preaching and practicing osteopathy
and was well known as a man with
pronounced opinions and a reputa
tion for giving vigorous expression to
his views.
Several well known GatTney citi
zens swore to having heard expres
sion of disloyal sentiments : by Mr.
'-'ickson. bringing out the allegations
?Tt ho had opposed the war and the
?ourtrv's entrance into the war, and
hat following this country's deciara
i;fn of war lie had continued to ex
ares* these view? -.nd that he spokr
sneeringlv of President Wilson. These
and similar expressions the witnes?
testified to having heard Mr. Kickso -
utter c-n the streets of Gaffney and in
the business houses of that town.
SIX MONTHS FOR F. C, HICKSON
Gaffney Minister. Convicted Of Disloy
alty, Sent to Penitentiary in Atlan
ta.
Rock Hill, Sept. 21.?The Rev. F.
C. Hickson of Gaffney. found guilty
in the federal court here Friday after
noon of disloyal utterances, was re
fused a rew trial this morning by
Judge Charles A. Woods and sen
fenepd to serve six months' In the fed
eral penitentiary in Atlanta. l\*r
rlickson made a dramatic talk in th
court room after he was refused a nev
trial, saying that he did not care what
Was done with him, that he was. pre
pared for anything that would "short
en his days. *'...'
Rev. Hickson lived in Sumter fo
several years over thirty years age
Attention Colored Otimsos.
v ? . -C V
Th^e Fourth Liberty Loan drive be
gins**^ Friday, September 27th'.,
? Ev^ery man, woulan and r'jSchild is
expected - to do his- or' her ? |*art, c
Every telegram and' newspaper re -
port from France brings the news
that our boys ore putting things over
the top.
Let everyone do something to brin **j
to a victorious close this cruel an?
barbarous war, so that your hu
bands. sons and brothers can return
to their home and live ppily <an/
peacefully.
Will you not make a-^sacrifice.'am*
do your bit? Only by^acrific^ car.)
we win. A house to house caf&vas'
will be made by our committee. Loar
your money to Uncle Sam at good in
fernst, instead of spending it for
ihings you can well do without. Don't
forget the date. Friday, Septembe
27th.
A. J. Andrews.
Precinct Chairman
Public Notice..
Notice is hereby given of the regu
"ar fa'l examination for those per
sons desiring to obtain certificates t
teach in the public schools of th,
county and State. The examinatio:.
will be held at the Court House Sat
urday, October 5th. beginning at nine
o'clock. The questions will be taken
from the text-books adopted by the
State Board of Education tor the pu.
lie schools.
J. H. HAYNS WORTH,
Co. Superintendent of Education, j
By order of the State and Count- j
Boards of Education.
Tw j California bakers have pat
ented a self-oiling machine that clip* j
the tops of loaves of bread before th?y
are baked, producing an ornamental
and much better browned crust.
FERTILIZER FOR SALE?We ar.
going to sell all the Mea*, Acid
Lime and mixed goods in stoci
here for immediate shipment:, a
bargain prices. Please call us be
fore stock sold out. Southern Bro j
kerage Co. Phone No. 89.
FOR SALE)?In settlement McBriU- I
estate I offer 1,000 acres Jaqm j
lands, tracts 47 to 16 acres, welj
located in famous Pudding Swam; j
tobacco section. The four 3 017 j
prize corn cl as boys of Sumte: i
and Clarendon counties live one tc!
eignt miles away and grow 70 to j
90 bushels on same type soil. A j
nearby tract of similar unimproved !
land was paid for out of last year's;
crop. Prices right and terms rea
sonable. E. W. Dabbs, Trustee j
Mayesville. S. C._|_
BEESWAX WANTED?Any quantity j
large or small. Am paying bes1 ?
cash price. See me if you have j
any. N. G. Ostoen._1
i
FOR SALE- f O !'. <-a>s Canti j
Jackson. s?nJd?* manure: very lit II? j
straw (,ai l??a?j lots ??nly. Chea t
ea! and FVii ib/.er value mied
hteb !>v C'^nison '"ollo^e. A.
i
Strauss. Sumter. S. C.
MILLERS' CERTIFICATES?Can b?
obtained at Item Office- at reascr.
able prices in lots of 100 or more. 1
Draftsmen for Service.
List of colored man ordered by th
Local Board for the County of Sum
ter, to report at the Court House. 9.3
a. m., on Wednesday, September 25
for entrainment for Camp Sevier, S
C, under call 1320:
Thomas Ramsey,
Charley Mach,
Shu cine Loney ,
Robert James,
Willie Johnson,
Major James,
Thomas Wright,
Paul Weston,
Daniel Taylor,
John Glover,
Edward Nixon,
William Jones,
Francis Vaughn.
General Sumter,
Fred Williams,
Alvester Debnam,
Will Bobbitt, ,
Lucius Gregg.
Wallie McElveen,
Charley Pou,
Elijah Jones,
Emant'f l Miller,
Eddie Richardson,
James Johnson,
Doc Cato,
Bernit Dinkins,
Walter Getter,
Willie Roach,
Marion Matthews,
Bowman Pack,
Harmon Sinkler,
Harry Wells,
Hannibal Weston,
Hammite Gallachat,
Willie Wilson,
Abie Brailsford,
Alva Jackson,
Toby Johnson,
John Hunt,
Alfred Knox,
David Samuels,
Willie Smith,
Willie L?de,
Cye Brunson,
Isiah Brown,
Charley Andrews,
John Anderson,
James Western,
Freddie Kennedy,
David Pitts,
Isaac Lewis,
Eddie McKnight.
Maliciah Vaughn,
Cromwell Pollard,
James Grant,
Richard Mitchell,
Edgar Ma yes,
Matthew Stinney,.
Jesse Burgess,
William Haynsworth,
Oliver Jackson,
David Grant,
Jerome Goodman,.
Joe D. Mack,.
J. M'. Love, .
Wesley Montgomery,
Isaac Gaillard.
Clarence Johnson,:
Neil Bennett, .
James Chandler,
Robert T. Sharpe,
Steeney O.adsden,
Nemiah Wells..
Hampton Colclough, I
Benjamin Choice,
Frank. Thompson,
1 Cotton Market 1
i - ? _
< Corrected d?i?/ *t 12 9'clucH f?oct
, ?-?W.viA.N. Cotton jbU7?T.
; Good Middling 30 1-2.
j Strict Middling 30 1-4.
Middling 30.
Strict Low Middling 28.
XKW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Open High Low Close Close
Yes'dys
Get . . 31.60 32.03 31.60 31.99 31:35
Doc . . 31.19 31.62 31.19 31.53 30.93
Jan . . 30.95 31.52 30.95 31.46 30.75
Clothing for Belgian Relief.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
and the rest of this 'week, a commit
tee will he at the store in front of the
Court House to receive clothing for
relief in Belgium. Those who can j
deliver their donations are urgently I
requested to do so; those who can not j
make their own deliveries will please
telephone 236, Mrs. H. M. Stuckey. i
Masonic Service Flag.
Claremont Lodge, No. 64 A. F. M.
will dedicate a serviee flag at a spe
cial, communication to be held at 9
o'clock p. m. Thursday evening. The
public is invited, especially the fam
ilies and friends of members who arc
in the service. A feature of the ex
ercises will be an address by Hon.
Robert A. Cooper, of Laurens, Past
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
South Carolina.
A Successful Rally al Colored Church
The debt paying rally yesterday at
Emanuel M. E. Church, South Main
Street, went over the top. The total
amount raised in cash was $3,470.SO.
The rally closes next Sunday. The ser
vices all day yesterday were beautiful
and largely attended. The addresses
in the afternoon service by Dr. R. S
Truesdale and Senator R. D. Epps
' were very good and greatly appreciat
ed. The music was' pronounced to
i be way above the average even *rom
i Emanuel Churck.
j The pastor, trustees and officers
i take this occasion to express their
j thanks to all our members for their
! liberal response an! to the white and
! colored citizens for their help.
! The debt will be paid in full and
? the m. rtgage burning will take place
: at the church Tuesday evening, Oc
| tober V. All are invited.
J. W. Moultrie, Pastor. ' !
I _ .
{ The inventor of a new eye shade
i that is transparent under natural
j light but translucent under artificial
; light claims that it protects the eyes
' better than most shades. ?
Cold Juice.
Alice was eating her first piece of :
ice, wheD she suddenly exclaimed: !
I "Say, mother, the juice of this ice is j
f awfnl-y cold.**
"WAS M HM BbT ?
NOW FEEL IHM BEtTEir
MANY ARE FOLLOWING T:iIS
NORTH CAROLINA BARBER'S
EXAMPLE IN BUILDING HEALTH
THROUGH THE BLOOD.
There is one almost infallible way
to get the strength to back up your
ambition?build the body by build-*
ing your blood. The red-blooded
man drives up the steep hill of suc
cess without fear or falter. The thin
blooded man only totters u;>, like an
automobile try'og to climb on half its
engine cylinders.
j If your blood ;s below par, build
? it up and thus doubi" or triple your
j capacity to work, to succeed, to enjoy
!life.
Build your blood by nature's own
! common sense methods, regular ex
I ercise, fresh air, sleep, and well -bal
anced diet. If for any redson, ycu
i can't maincain a diet so perfectly b_t
| anced that it supplies all the needcl
elements for properly feeding th*
brain and body, you probably will re
quire, from time to time, a safe and
reliable blcod food?such as Dreco,
the new herb-and-root compound?
to supply the deficiencies.
Dreco builds the body by feeding*
the red blood cells with just the need
ed elements. It builds the body by
increasing the blood's power to carry
life-giving oxygen from the lungs? to
every cell and tissue.
E. G. Gieer. the well known bar^
ber of Greer. S. C., was all run down
as a result of a bad attack of ca
tarrh. He lost his appetite and could
not sleep. In a signed sttaement"id
says he took just one bottle of Dreco,
declaring 'T was run down but now^
I feel much better. I now sleep'
much better and am improved inev
ery way.'' He is only one of hundreds1
who have the same story to tell. ^
Dreco is just ?s good for the other
members of your household as it is
for you. It is pleasant to take and
easily digested even by *the weaxeav
system.
Dreco ir- dispensed by better clas3
druggists and pharmacies almost ev- ;
eiywhere and is patricularly recom
mended in Sumter by _ Sibert's Drug'
Store, where the Dreco" Man is mak
ing his headquarters and explaining
rbo rn??fHesnA to ~T1 interested.?Ad'X.
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Enftatoet
Prompt Attentin to Da? an J
Night Calls -
At I. 0. UKAIG Old Stand, K. Wain
Pk..f ?K . Oar 539
Cj We are offering the famous line
of HANAN SHOES this Fall for
the first time.
$ This means an opportunity for
you to buy the VERY BEST in
Footwear. It means comfort style
and durability at a time when these
are most desirable.
<[ If you have never worn Hanans
try them once and give yourself a
real treat.
^HANDLER. r*r*
LOTHING wV/
The Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothes